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PRESBYTES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Presbytes mean? 

PRESBYTES (noun)
  The noun PRESBYTES has 1 sense:

1. langursplay

  Familiarity information: PRESBYTES used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PRESBYTES (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Langurs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Presbytes; mammal Semnopithecus; Presbytes

Hypernyms ("Presbytes" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Presbytes"):

langur (slender long-tailed monkey of Asia)

Holonyms ("Presbytes" is a member of...):

Cercopithecidae; family Cercopithecidae (Old World monkeys: guenon; baboon; colobus monkey; langur; macaque; mandrill; mangabey; patas; proboscis monkey)


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